Is Participation in Competitive Sport during Older Adulthood Associated with Greater Life Satisfaction?

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dc.contributor.advisorBaker, Joe
dc.creatorEl-Bakri, Rona
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T12:34:02Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T12:34:02Z
dc.date.copyright2016-10-11
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T12:34:02Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractBased on previous work in the area arguing that the benefits accompanying competitive sport surpass those gained from exercise and physical activity alone (Dionigi, Baker, & Horton, 2011;Gayman, Fraser-Thomas, Dionigi, Horton, & Baker, in press), the following study explored the hypothesis that participation in competitive sport during older adulthood would be associated with greater levels of life satisfaction when compared to moderately active and sedentary age-matched peers. Measures of life satisfaction were evaluated in Canadian masters athletes aged 50 years and above and compared to normative data obtained from the Canadian Community Health Survey cycle 4.1. Results indicated that masters athletes did not report greater levels of life satisfaction for any of the outcomes measured. Cumulatively, the results of this study challenge the position that competitive sport is a valuable tool for enhancing life satisfaction during older adulthood.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33420
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHealth sciences
dc.subject.keywordsAging
dc.subject.keywordsAgeing
dc.subject.keywordsAge
dc.subject.keywordsMaster athlete
dc.subject.keywordsMasters athletes
dc.subject.keywordsSport
dc.subject.keywordsMaster sport
dc.subject.keywordsMasters sport
dc.subject.keywordsLife satisfaction
dc.subject.keywordsWellbeing
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Community Health Survey
dc.subject.keywordsHealthy aging
dc.subject.keywordsAdulthood
dc.subject.keywordsKinesiology
dc.titleIs Participation in Competitive Sport during Older Adulthood Associated with Greater Life Satisfaction?
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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